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  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    Christmas Light Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,009 views

    God peruses people to not stumble in darkness, but come by faith in Him, to everlasting light.

    Joy comes with the dawning of the light. But the light would not dawn on the generation of Isaiah’s day. It would come in the future. Before the light would shine, both Israel and Judah would experience the judgment of God for their unbelief and rebellion. Assyria would devour and assimilate ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Dining With Derelicts Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Mar 9, 2010
     | 5,037 views

    Jesus ate with sinners. We have likewise been called to dine with derelicts!

    Dining With Derelicts, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Scripture Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." Then Jesus told them this parable: Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Depth Behind The Words

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 26, 2013
     | 5,507 views

    This Thanksgiving sermon uses various Psalms to explore the depth behind the things for which we are thankful: friends, family, health, the world, God and what he does.

    Intro: The smell of the turkey roasting away has been tantalizing for quite some time, but now the breast meat has reached 165 degrees, the thigh meat is at 180, the skin is a beautiful brown, and the bird is resting tented loosely under foil. The pies (plural!) have been cooling on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "I Don’t Want Jesus To Come Back!”

    Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 11, 2018
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     | 9,455 views

    Some Christians don't want Jesus to come back! Here's 5 reasons Christians don’t want Jesus to come back, and then 5 reasons we SHOULD want Him to come quickly!

    “I DON’T WANT JESUS TO COME BACK!” Titus 2:13 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: THE BAD DAY 1. A trouble-making biker walked into an all-night café, walked up to the counter and grabbed a man’s coffee and gulped it down in one swig. "Well, whatcha gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly. 2. The man ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Two Blessings

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jun 12, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,592 views

    The following sermon is going to review both of these blessings not so that they can become a “catchy, Christianese cliché” at the end of one of one’s prayer, but so that one might understand how important it is to ask and receive from God a blessing for His people!

    Blessings Numbers 6:22-27, 2 Corinthians 13:14 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 “In digging within the compound of the Scottish St. Andrew’s Church on the western slope of the Hinnom Valley in 1979, the expedition led by archaeologist G. Barkai unearthed a late ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Danger Of A Faith That Draws Back

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Mar 1, 2022
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    The danger of backsliding and the even greater risk of apostasy.

    The Danger of a Faith That Draws Back Hebrews 10:23-39 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stewardship-It's All About Ownership

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 3, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,471 views

    Being a good steward means that we transfer ownership of our lives to God and then properly manage what He has entrusted to our care.

    1 Corinthians 3:23-4:4 Stewardship – It’s All About Ownership Introduction The book of Genesis tells us that in the garden before the fall, God gave Adam the responsibility of tending the earth. He was to fill it, subdue it and have dominion over it. Adam was going to be responsible to care for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessings In Temptation Series

    Contributed by Archie Norman on Jul 14, 2014
     | 3,222 views

    Study into the Book of James

    Blessings in Temptation James 1:9-12 I. A reminder to consider in the present A. Testing adjusts our view *From me to God *From temporal to eternal B. Testing adjusts our values *Poor exalted with true riches *Rich humbled with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Apprentice – Jesus' Style Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,987 views

    Looking at how Jesus selected his disciples.

    Luke 5:1-11 - The Apprentice – Jesus’ Style I don’t know how many of you have watched any of the reality show The Apprentice. It is a show about a group of would be executives trying to impress Donald Trump above and beyond their other competitors in an attempt to become the managing director of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Holding Traditions

    Contributed by Scott Delashaw on Feb 25, 2010
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,974 views

    A Powerful 4 Point Sermon You Can Preach!!

    “Still” I. The Book is still Needed A. Inspired B. Infallible C. Instructional D. Indispensable II. The Blood is still Necessary A. Remission B. Justification C. Sanctification D. Propitiation III. The Body/Bride is still Nomadic A. Wandering B. Witnessing C. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mary's Christmas

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,210 views

    Mary’s Christmas means Merry Christmas to us.

    Mary’s Christmas Luke 1:26-38 Jim Merriam, of Tara, Ontario told this story: After weeks of cancer therapy, my radiation technologist became concerned about redness and apparent burning around my waist. (Big crisis right?)They immediately sent me to an oncologist. When the doctor entered the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Pure Is More Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
     | 5,018 views

    Sixth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes

    Pure is More! Matthew 5:8 Introduction: Kent Hughes, in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, relates the story of Anna Mae Pennica, a sixty-two-year-old woman who had been blind since birth. At age forty-seven she married a man she met in Braille class; and for the first fifteen years of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ecclesiastes Chapter Seven Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 10, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,024 views

    What if there was no God - what would life be like? It would be meaningless - Meaningless.... The book of Ecclesiastes looks at life from the view that there in no God. This is a verse by verse look into chapter seven of Ecclesiastes.

    Ecclesiastes Chapter Seven Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. This verse is tied closely with Ecclesiastes 6:12. Is it in this life that we find that our life has been productive? We may think so ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sowing To Get A Good Harvest

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Feb 5, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,317 views

    Just because a person becomes saved does not mean the end of God's expectations for us. We plant seeds to please the Holy Spirit and not the flesh so that we might receive a harvest that is eternal, holy and pleasing to the Lord!

    Sowing a Good Harvest? Galatians 6:7-10 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Are you born again? If so then you are a new creation, eternally adopted and sealed by the Holy Spirit as an heir in God’s family! But is your decision to make Jesus the Lord of your life all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Here Comes The Bride

    Contributed by Glenn Bleakney on Jun 14, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,122 views

    Often in the scriptures the relationship between God and his church is likened to that of a husband and wife. On that glorious day when the Lord Jesus returns, the true church of God will be joined to him as a bride is to her groom on the wedding day. Rev

    Apostle Paul instructs us that Jesus so loves His church that He gave his very life for her in order that He might sanctify and cleanse her. "Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word" (Eph. 5:25-26). The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational